ROI Metrics: Does Institutional Size
Matter? (IEM)
Room 122B
Measuring ROI for past recruitment
efforts is critical to informing future
strategies. Learn how to extend your
own ROI or "Radius of Influence" by
framing data-driven conversations
that involve relevant stakeholders in
different-sized institutions.
Chair and Presenter: Zepur Solakian,
Center for Global Advancement of
Community Colleges
Presenters: Cheryl Darrup Boychuck,
INTCAS; Michael Haley, Riverside
Community College; Ahmad Khan,
University of Bolton
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
WORKSHOPS
F-1 Advising: Secondary Students
(ISSS) $
Marriott, Room 403
This workshop contains specific content
that secondary school designated school
officials (DSOs) need to best assist F-1
students. Learn the rules that affect your
F-1 students and your role in serving
them. Gain key compliance information
for the DSO's role, learn how to respond
to common requests of F-1 secondary
school students, and receive up-to-date
written materials for future reference.
Health and Safety Management for
Secondary School Programs Abroad
(EA) $
Marriott, Room 402
Designing and managing educational
experiences abroad must include
planning for health and safety
considerations, especially when
students are minors. In this workshop,
participants identify actions to take at
each stage of the planning process
to ensure students' safety, along with
critical training takeaways for other
stakeholders. Participants learn how to
develop a collaborative framework that
supports students, parents, chaperones,
and program leaders. Open only to
those registered for the Secondary
School Assembly program.
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Country Fair: Updates on Country
and Regional Higher Education
Posters will share current issues,
research, and trends related to the
higher education policies and systems
of various countries, including new
laws affecting higher education, new
educational programs and initiatives,
mobility trends, and scholarships for
students wishing to study abroad or
for incoming international students.
Presenters will include EducationUSA
overseas advisers and government
representatives. The Country Fair is
organized in part by NAFSA's Embassy
Dialogue Committee on Education.
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018
Prevailing Wage Determination Stepby-Step (ISSS)
Room 109B
Every H-1B and PERM practitioner
must understand the U.S. Department
of Labor's (DOL) complex process for
determining the prevailing wage. Learn
and discuss how to use DOL's five-step
arithmetic process to calculate and
assign wage levels. Use the process to
determine or predict the prevailing wage.
Chair and Presenter: Loveness
Schafer, Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge
Presenters: Jodi Hanelt, Brandeis
University; Lesley Salafia, JD, University
of Connecticut-Storrs; David Ware, JD,
Ware Immigration
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
Hall E
Sponsored by:
POSTER FAIRS
Hall E, Poster Fair Area
Assessment and Evaluation in
International Education
This poster fair will highlight examples
of the use or analysis of data in
determining outcomes for programs,
and making decisions based on
the assessment of those outcomes.
Posters topic include: assessing
student learning, program, and service
outcomes; innovative assessment
processes and instruments; and
developing assessment and evaluation
in support of internationalization.
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
NAFSA Annual Business Meeting
Room 108AB
Join NAFSA CEO and Executive Director
Esther D. Brimmer, DPhil, and NAFSA
President Elaine Meyer-Lee, EdD, for
an agenda covering the state of the
association and a question and answer
period. Refreshments will be provided.
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